# Goosegrass

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'''Goosegrass''' (sometimes '''goose grass''') is a common name for several [grass](/source/grass)es,  [sedges](/source/Cyperaceae), and annual herbs. The origin of the name is due either to a plant's use as food for [geese](/source/goose) or plant parts that look like the foot of a goose.

'''Goosegrass''' may refer to:
* ''[Acrachne](/source/Acrachne)'', genus of grass
* ''[Carex eleusinoides](/source/Carex_eleusinoides)'', goosegrass sedge
* ''[Carex lenticularis](/source/Carex_lenticularis)'', goosegrass sedge
* ''[Eleusine](/source/Eleusine)'', genus of grass
* ''[Eleusine indica](/source/Eleusine_indica)'',  Indian goosegrass, also called wiregrass
* ''[Galium aparine](/source/Galium_aparine)'', also referred to as "cleavers"
* ''[Galium murale](/source/Galium_murale)'', small goosegrass
* ''[Puccinellia fasciculata](/source/Puccinellia_fasciculata)'', saltmarsh goosegrass
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{{center|'''Plants named goosegrass'''}}
<gallery mode="packed" widths=190px heights=190px>
File:Carex lenticularis NRCS-2.jpg|''Carex lenticularis''
File:Eleusine indica Habitus BotGardBln0906.JPG|''Eleusine indica''
File:Galium.aparine.jpg|''Galium aparine'' close-up
</gallery>

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